BSOD while booting from XP disk

[jasonscc]

Hey guys, thanks for any help you may be able to provide.

I have a system with specs as follows:

Asus M3A78
AMD Phenom X4 9850
2GB Kingston DDR2-667
2x 320GB SATA Western Digital (RAID 1)
Asus ENGT220 1GB
BFG 550W PSU
Windows XP Home

The problem started with a corrupted system hive on startup, so I attempted to boot from XP disk to run a repair installation. However, when I boot from the disk I get a 0x7B BSOD, which I'm almost 100% certain is due to the SATA/RAID configuration.

I've tried to slipstream the RAID drivers into a Windows XP disk, as well as try to load the drivers via the f6 interruption + floppy disk. If I boot from untouched Windows XP disk I receive the BSOD, and if I use my slipstreamed disk I receive an error that the AHCIx64.sys is corrupted. I used the drivers from the original drivers disk (the RAID drivers directory) and the drivers available for download through ASUS.

If anybody has any suggestions or an answer it would be greatly appreciated. I've never had so much difficulty and am unsure if it's due to missing SATA drivers or RAID drivers. Are they both the same driver or are they two different sets?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bruce321]

Unplug the raid from Mobo-see if it boots up correctly--unplug most things that aren't really nessassary only for testing purposes (can reconnect 1 by 1) to locate your problem.
Sounds like the video card since this is happening at the first of boot-did you just resently install a new video card?? If you did, make sure you have the on mobo video disabled-in the BIOS
Might get to a dos prompt (or run the recovery mode-from xp disk) and run sfc on this windows install-since you are getting a file name error

 

[InfiniteLoop]

what happens when you use F6 and the floppy? same?

is the install disk the same service pack as the current install?

maybe a manual system restore offline from system volume information to replace the bad hive?